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91_HB1443eng HB1443 Engrossed LRB9102512JMpk 1 AN ACT to amend the Mental Health and Developmental 2 Disabilities Administrative Act by adding Section 31b. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 6 Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section 7 31b as follows: 8 (20 ILCS 1705/31b new) 9 Sec. 31b. Individuals waiting for community-based 10 services. The Department shall collect and maintain 11 information on the number of individuals with developmental 12 disabilities who have requested (either themselves or through 13 a parent or guardian) and are waiting for community-based 14 services that are funded through grants from the Department 15 to, and contracts with the Department and, local school 16 districts, individual service coordination organizations, and 17 community-based organizations. The information shall 18 include, but is not limited to, the following: 19 (1) The number of those individuals waiting for 20 community-based residential services such as Community 21 Integrated Living Arrangements, supported apartments, 22 supported living, and other community living 23 arrangements. 24 (2) The number of those individuals waiting for 25 services from intermediate care facilities for the 26 developmentally disabled. 27 (3) The number of those individuals waiting for 28 services from day and vocational programs such as day 29 activity programs, adult day care, developmental 30 training, sheltered workshops, supported employment, job 31 placement, and other day programs. HB1443 Engrossed -2- LRB9102512JMpk 1 (4) The number of those individuals waiting for 2 family support services, respite care, personal 3 assistance services, case management services, and other 4 services not included in paragraph (3). 5 (5) The ages of those individuals waiting for 6 services under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4). 7 (6) The ages of the parents of those individuals 8 waiting for services under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and 9 (4). 10 (7) The Representative Districts in which those 11 individuals waiting for services live. 12 The information shall be updated annually. The information 13 collected shall be limited to information about individuals 14 who are eligible for services at the time of request or who 15 will be eligible to receive services within 12 months after 16 the date services are requested. The Department shall, on 17 request, make the information available to other agencies 18 serving persons with developmental disabilities. 19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 20 becoming law.